Tillo Boboev is the founder of the famous Kulyap Botanical garden in Tajikistan. Expert in biodiversity, he talks about the necesity to preserve the traditional plant knowledge and use in our modern society.
Internationally recognized artist, skilled traditional folk instrument maker and actor Musavvar Minakov was a master of the arts of Tajikistan. His life was full of love, and Musavvar Minakov introduced traditional Tajik musical instruments to the other countries of the world. He lived in peace with nature, and nature was a powerful source of inspiration for him.
There is a story among the Tajik people, when you wake up in the morning and can’t find an apple to eat you have to say loudly the word “apple” three times. This will put you in pleasant mood all day!
WALNUT (Juglans regia) girdu, javz (kind of grapes) is a large tree with many branches. Its height ranges from 20 to 35 meters. Natural walnut mainly grows in Turkistan, Hissor, Qaroitegin, Peter the 1st, Vakhsh, Darvoz and Hazratshoh mountain ranges,…
Khovaling, because of its good location, has a favorable environment for growing a diversity of fruit trees and plants including rhubarb, knotweed, sea-buckthorn, mint… and of course the traditional apple, that Tagaygul is focusing on.
There is an old Tajik tradition that everyone in his life is supposed to plant a tree. This is a good deed that stays for future generations living beyond each person’s life. You can find people in every corner of Tajikistan that understand the meaning of these words and dedicate their lives to creating gardens. Mirzosho Akobirov is one of them who has been creating gardens in Rasht valley for a very long time. He believes that if a person does not like nature then he cannot appreciate it. “When I was young, my father and I used to go to the surrounding hills where my father gathered wild varieties of apples to bring home to plant.”
Mulberry is a 20 meter height tree. It has being grown in Tajikistan since ancient times. The following varieties of mulberry are known especially: tuti bedona, balhki, muzaffari, marvoridak, mavizak, safedak, revchi, rakhshak, maskagi, siyohtut, etc. Mulberry tree is dry resistant and in less need to highly fertile soil.
Wild rose is a multi – year wild plant, having simple flowers, belongs to the family of rose flowers. Its height ranges from 0,5 to 3,5 meters. Wild rose is in blossom in the period of April –May. Its fruits ripen in the period of…
ORIGANUM (Origanum tyttanthum), subinak, mountain mint is a all- year plant. Its height ranges from 20 to 90 centimeters. It is in blossom in June - August, makes fruits in July- September. It grows in grassland, subalpine meadow, steppes, rocky…
The Apricot is a widely spread tree fruit. Its height reaches up to 15 meters. Color of apricot flower is white or rosy. Fruit form is round, oblong, fleshy, yellow or orange. In Tajikistan the following varieties are grown: isfarak,…
Forest apples are grown in Qarotegin, Darvoz, Hazratshoh, Hisor, Qurama, Zarafshon and Western Pamir (at altitude of 1000 - 2500 meters above sea level). The Central Asia is considered as a homeland for the forest apple. From ancient times different…
Eurotia (also called Teresken locally) is a semi bush and bush plant, its height ranges from 10 to 100 centimeter. There are two types of this plant (K. seratoides ва K. ewersmanniana) observed in Tajikistan. They are grown in stony…
Meet traditional healers and herbalists Shirinbek Davlatmamadov and Imumyour Jalolov at their home – sharing some of the unique recipes that can only be made by someone who has a strong connection with nature and a longtime experience in understanding the use of plants.
The Tutsan is a multi-year plant and can rise up to 100 centimeters. It is grown at forest slopes, riverside, in gardens and water meadows, open and sunny areas as well as stony slopes at altitude of 600 - 3000…
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